Bill Text - HB1339 (2018)

Relative to motorist duties when approaching highway emergencies.


Revision: Nov. 6, 2017, 12:05 p.m.

HB 1339 - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2018 SESSION

18-2237

03/06

 

HOUSE BILL 1339

 

AN ACT relative to motorist duties when approaching highway emergencies.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. P. Schmidt, Straf. 19

 

COMMITTEE: Transportation

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill clarifies the speed reduction requirement when approaching highway emergencies.

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

18-2237

03/06

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen

 

AN ACT relative to motorist duties when approaching highway emergencies.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  Highway Emergencies; Motorist Duties; Speed.  Amend RSA 265:37-a, I(a) to read as follows:

(a)  Maintain a [reduced] speed that is 20 miles per hour below the usual posted limit.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.